The Era of Generals

"No, it's not that it's too late, but the Qingyang Order is too powerful!"

Chen Ze thought for a while, and added another sentence before Meng Yang opened his mouth.

Both Meng Yang and Guo Zi nodded at the same time: "That's right, the Qingyang Order is the supreme military order of the Qingyang Empire that only the emperor possesses. Seeing the order is like seeing the king!"

Chen Ze continued to sigh: "So Hua Lao's order was not carried out. With the Qingyang Order, it is impossible for him to leave the troops of the Mingxia province and even the surrounding provinces. Instead, hundreds of thousands rushed to Han Cangcheng. The result was terrible. One can imagine..."

His heart fluttered slightly. Isn't this situation similar to the first assessment question Hua Lao gave him? The same enemy army is overwhelmingly suppressing the situation, the same besieging the city to fight for aid...

"That's right, so when Mr. Hua rushed to Mingxia Province, he rushed to several cities in a row, and was told that the troops had already marched to Hancang City, and..."

Meng Yang shook his head, and said bitterly: "Those bastards in the Bailie Empire are treacherous and cunning. They are not in a hurry to attack the city, but instead want to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements. The reinforcements from all walks of life are scattered, and they were defeated one by one on the way!"

"So that when old man Hua arrived, all he could use at hand was still his five thousand private soldiers!"

Chen Ze was silent, he could probably guess a thing or two about what happened next.

He simply continued to speak for Meng Yang: "Five thousand against three million, Mr. Hua has no chance of winning, so he is wise not to go to Hancang City again, but to take risks!"

"I think..." Chen Ze habitually nodded his nose, closed his eyes and thought deeply: "The best choice that Hua Lao could make at that time was to turn his five thousand soldiers into an army that looked like a ghost. The robbers went deep into the territory of the Bailie Empire, which was also empty of troops, and ran and ran, and used their own power to destroy as many logistics supply lines as possible!"

Hearing this, Meng Yang frowned slightly, and couldn't help but said, "Brother, do you know about this battle?"

"No, I do not know."

However, Chen Ze shook his head and said with a smile: "At that time, I was still working as a coolie in the Wei family. The Mingxia province is 108,000 miles away from the Anluo province, and the war could not reach the Anluo province at all. , not to mention the specific military situation is impossible for my little follower to understand."

"and you……"

Meng Yang exclaimed: "The guess is accurate!"

"Not accurate!"

Chen Ze said solemnly: "At that time, Hua Lao had only two choices, or he was recruited by the Qingyang Order and led 5,000 soldiers to rush to the encirclement line and be loyal to the country."

"Or, as I said, go deep into the enemy's rear and take cutting off the opponent's supplies as your duty!"

He paused at this point, regretting that there was no sand table for him in Tianzi No. 1 room, so he could only dip his hands in tea, draw some pictures on the table, and organize his thoughts.

After a while, Fang said: "The Bailie Empire has five million troops, and they rose in a hurry after getting the Lord of Qingyang in Hancang City, so there will naturally be some problems in terms of logistics and supplies, and the preparations will not be so sufficient."

"It is important to know that the five million troops consume a huge amount of rations every day. If there is no continuous supply support, they will not last long at all."

"And because they want to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, it is impossible for them to disperse their forces to occupy other cities in Mingxia Province. That will only increase the risk of their side being defeated one by one by Qingyang's reinforcements."

"So the three million troops are actually linked with each other. Whichever one is missing will be affected by the tactics of besieging the city and fighting for aid. Then..."

Chen Ze snapped his fingers, and pointed heavily behind the densely packed water spots representing the enemy on the table, "The supplies they can rely on can only be continuously transported to the front from the rear!"

"Elder Hua's best choice at that time was to keep destroying the opponent's supply lines. Even if he didn't have enough troops to cut off all of them, even if he only destroyed one-third of the supply, the five million troops of the Bailie Empire would be stretched to the limit! "

"this……"

Meng Yang and Guo Zi looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. They were stunned for a while before finally saying, "I don't know if Old Man Hua planned that at the time, but we were really crazy in the Bailie Empire at that time. Wandering around, aiming at the idea of ​​the opponent's logistics and supply troops."

Chen Ze nodded, his eyes flickering.

At that time, he guessed that the questions Hua Lao gave him must be related to himself, but he didn't expect that the situation Hua Lao was in five years ago was far more dangerous than the exam questions he said.

During the assessment, Chen Ze's answer was to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Five years ago, Mr. Hua might not have thought of this. It's a pity that he has too few troops, only 5,000, and because of the hasty march, he probably still has all the troops. Riding a fast horse lightly does not have the conditions to counterattack the enemy's city at all.

Therefore, Mr. Hua could only do his best to go deep into the enemy's territory with his five thousand private soldiers, and forcibly cut off the enemy's supplies by himself. He hoped that Bai Lie's army would be unable to continue after the food and grass were exhausted, so they would withdraw from the next summer trip. Province.

Fighting is fighting for money, and fighting in the stalemate is consumption. Whoever can't afford the consumption will have to admit defeat.

Mingxia province has a vast land and rich resources, and Han Cang City is also the leading main city of the Qingyang Empire, and there is Chunyu Guoshi, one of the three wise men of Qingyang, sitting in the town, so naturally the importance of war preparation materials will not be ignored.

Therefore, Han Cangcheng's reserves must be extremely strong, and it must be exhausted. Han Cangcheng is not afraid of the Bailie army coming from afar. On the contrary, if the Bailie army does not get enough supplies, it will have to withdraw within three days. !

But this is only the best ideal situation. With Hualao's 5,000 troops, it is impossible to completely cut off the opponent's supply line. He can only destroy as much as possible.

One can imagine how big the risk is.

When the lone army went deep into the enemy's territory, it could be said that the whole people were enemies, and Hua Lao was struggling at all.

In the Bai Lie Empire, Hualao's army had no reinforcements to look forward to, no city to recuperate, and even an army of supplies could only be robbed.

What they have to face is not only the army of the other side guarding the luggage, but also the small part of the chasing troops that Bai Lie's army retreats from time to time, and even every ordinary person in the enemy's territory. They have to be prepared.

Chen Ze deeply understood that after making this decision, Hua Lao had already given up his own life, and at the same time, he also gave up the lives of his five thousand private soldiers.

They want to exchange their lives for Han Cangcheng's respite, which means they are ready...

Prepare to die for your country!

Chen Ze's heart was a little blocked. He looked at Meng Yang and Guo Zi, and it was hard to imagine what the other party had experienced five years ago.

"Then... what happened next?"

Taking a long breath, Chen Ze asked as calmly as possible.

"later?"

Meng Yang smiled wryly, and spread his hands to Chen Ze, "That's it, I'm not dead."